Young Genius Ranking? Young Beauty Ranking? Xie Xie Wasn't Convinced, Tang's Parents Asked for Help, Sk and Anti-Sk

The girls who had failed to catch Tang Green Tea, the one leading the charge, were furious. They discussed it heatedly, vowing to hunt Tang Green Tea down.

Tang Wulin, who had already gotten far away, nearly fell over in fright.

"Hurry up!"

"Whoosh!"

Tang Wulin's Golden Dragon King Bloodline erupted, and he vanished from the girls' sight...

Mang Di Workshop,

Na'er, who was smithing, had also seen the promotional video.

Li Luo's otherworldly figure made Na'er practically drool, but when she saw Tang Wulin appear too, flames seemed to shoot from her eyes.

"Tang Wulin, it's you again! Trying to get your hands on my brother!"

Na'er was furious. She brought her hammer down on the tungsten steel. "Bang!"

The tremendous noise gave Mang Di a fright.

"Hey, Na'er, pay attention when you're smithing. Don't keep looking at your Soul Guidance Communicator."

"Hmph!"

Na'er snorted and swung her little hammer, pounding the metal with a "clang, clang, clang," as though the tungsten steel were Tang Wulin.

Mang Di didn't dare say another word.

Immortal's explosive popularity had made him the hottest topic in Aolai City. As time passed, the buzz spread beyond the city.

He became popular all across the East Sea.

This time, people weren't just paying attention to Li Luo's looks. They'd also seen the promotional video's claim that in just three months, Li Luo had raised his Soul Power Level from three to ten.

"With a cultivation talent like that, Big Brother deserves a place on the Young Genius Ranking."

"Exactly. Big Brother has to claim one of the thirty spots on the Young Genius Ranking."

"Girls, let's go! We'll recommend Brother Li Luo to the Spirit Pagoda."

In the City Circle, one post after another recommending him flooded the Spirit Pagoda's official email inbox, after a netizen called "Ironworking Is My Favorite" led the charge.

They also left messages on the official website, saying that Li Luo, the Immortal of Aolai City, deserved a place on the Young Genius Ranking.

Traffic to the Spirit Pagoda's website surged.

But it was quitting time, and no one was there to deal with it.

It blew up!

The website was overwhelmed.

It crashed.

When the Spirit Pagoda still didn't respond, the girls put their heads together to come up with another idea.

They discussed it in the City Circle.

Once again, "Ironworking Is My Favorite" was the first to offer a suggestion.

"If the Spirit Pagoda won't recognize him on the Young Genius Ranking..."

"Then let's make our own ranking."

"We'll call it the Young Beauty Ranking."

"Agreed, agreed!"

The girls were delighted. They all agreed that Li Luo should take the top spot.

No one else would do.

They also formed the Li Luo Support Group.

"Ironworking Is My Favorite" suggested naming the group the Mu Luo Support Group.

As the name implied, it was a support group for people who admired Li Luo.

"Ironworking Is My Favorite" was elected the Mu Luo Support Group's first leader.

In Eastsea City, Mu Xi set down her Soul Guidance Communicator with satisfaction. That's right, she was "Ironworking Is My Favorite."

She'd been deeply shaken the first time she saw Li Luo.

Before, she'd loved smithing most.

That might not be true anymore.

Also in Eastsea, on Xie Family Island, Xie Xie was vacationing, sprawled comfortably on the beach and soaking up the sun.

He was playing with his Soul Guidance Communicator.

The Immortal promotional video was impressive.

It had made the top of Eastsea's trending list.

Xie Xie had seen it too.

At first, Li Luo's looks had dazzled him as well.

But when he saw Li Luo's Soul Power Level go from three to ten, Xie Xie laughed.

With confidence and composure, he commented in the City Circle: "The claim that he went from level three to level ten in only three months is nothing but a gimmick designed to grab attention."

"Throughout the entire promotional video, the filming techniques are amateurish, and the whole thing lacks logic."

"Note that I said the whole thing."

"An auxiliary Martial Soul protecting a Blue Silver loser is downright hilarious."

"And the guy even got dumped."

"Then, for no reason at all, he wiped out a whole group of prodigies."

"There's not a shred of logic to it."

"In my humble opinion, even if I stood still and let Li Luo, an auxiliary Soul Master, attack me, he wouldn't affect me in the slightest."

"If there were any effect at all, it'd probably just be that I'd worry he might dirty the hem of my clothes..."

He posted a sprawling essay of nearly a thousand words in the City Circle comments.

Xie Xie wore a superior smile.

He felt immensely satisfied.

You bumpkins finally know the truth, huh? If it weren't for me, you ignorant lot would still be in the dark.

Now hurry up and thank me, young master.

Young Master Xie's true nature had finally shown itself.

But he hadn't expected the backlash to come so quickly.

As he read the comments, his face gradually turned livid.

"You're just jealous of Brother Li Luo."

"In real life, you're definitely an ugly freak."

"Not only are you ugly, you're an introverted, insecure ugly freak."

"You're attacking Brother Li Luo because you just want people to notice you."

"Soul Guidance Floss Psychology once pointed out that ugly people make a spectacle of themselves. It's an illness, a psychological disorder."

"Brother Li Luo's beauty makes you feel ashamed of yourself."

"Brother Li Luo is a ray of light, exposing a clown like you."

"..."

The farther Xie Xie scrolled, the nastier the insults got.

And every single one started by praising Brother Li Luo before putting him down.

By the time he reached the end, Xie Xie was so angry that his hands trembled.

He snapped, "Fine, fine, Li Luo. Just you wait. Don't let me run into you!"

The haughty Xie Xie had gone all out and lost.

Li Luo, who hadn't lifted a finger, had won without lifting a finger.

Of course, it was all thanks to the Mu Luo Support Group.

Especially the organization led by "Ironworking Is My Favorite."

Leaving aside what was happening in distant Eastsea, Tang Wulin returned home in Aolai City and found that his parents weren't there again.

He went back to his room and set down his schoolbag.

He was still shaken by his experience with Green Tea Murder earlier that day.

He took the dress hidden behind the cabinet.

Then he put it on again.

"Ugh, I can't wear this outside anymore. I'd get beaten to death."

He had no idea that Tang Ziran and Lang Yue had seen it again.

Lang Yue said through tears, "Ziran, Wulin's wearing it again. I... we need to go find Grandmaster Mang right away."

"Okay."

The two of them didn't even enter the house.

They turned around and went straight to find Mang Tian.

Mang Tian Workshop.

Tang Ziran and Lang Yue explained why they'd come.

They'd expected Mang Tian to be astonished.

But he remained perfectly calm.

Tang Ziran couldn't help asking, "Old Mang, Wulin likes wearing women's clothes. Aren't you surprised?"

Mang Tian silently took out his Soul Guidance Communicator.

He opened the Aolai City City Circle.

Then he clicked on the Immortal promotional video.

As Tang Wulin's adoptive parents, Tang Ziran and Lang Yue recognized their son at once: he was the one playing the girl.

So Grandmaster Mang Tian had known all along that Wulin liked wearing women's clothes.

Lang Yue tearfully pleaded, "Master Mang, what are we supposed to do? Wulin is our only child. If he insists on becoming Tang Sk, we'll have no face to show our ancestors in the afterlife."

Sk was a term unique to the Douluo Continent.

It referred to men who wanted to become women.

Mang Tian tapped his Soul Guidance Pipe. "I don't have a good solution either. But we can try to bring out Wulin's competitive spirit."

"Anti-Sk Studies has done research. As long as someone maintains a strong competitive spirit, they can keep their androgen levels high."